Psychologists at Prison Fellowship Rwanda (PFR)

Project: Legal aid, Community-Based Protection, MHPSS & PSN

Position: Psychologist (10)

Duty Station: Kiziba Camp (1), Kigeme Camp (1), Mugombwa Camp (1), Nyabiheke Camp (1), Mahama Camp (2), Kigali (1) and Huye urban (1) and ETM Gashora (2)

Technical field: Mental Health and Psychosocial Support

Report to: Field Coordinator

Period: 4 Months with possibility of extension

Background.

Prison Fellowship Rwanda (PFR) is a non-profit organization working with the government of Rwanda and both local and international organizations to foster peacebuilding, unity, reconciliation, mental health and psychosocial support, access to justice, crime prevention, human rights promotion, and socio-economic empowerment of vulnerable people in Rwanda in the wake of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi and its aftermath.

Prison Fellowship Rwanda was founded on 01/07/1995, affiliated with Prison Fellowship International in 1997, and officially registered and recognized by Ministerial Order No. 037/17 of 23/10/2002 by the Ministry of Justice as a non-profit organization, with its registration published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Rwanda in 2002.

PFR envisions a society where unity, peace and justice reign and has a mission to contribute to the social transformation of vulnerable communities through peacebuilding, livelihood, justice, psychosocial and spiritual resilience interventions.

Since 2020, Prison Fellowship Rwanda (PFR) in partnership with United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Ministry in Charge of Emergency Management (MINEMA) supports refugees and asylum seekers in Rwanda in the following sectors:

a) Community-Based Protection (CBP) services,

b) Legal Assistance and civil documentation

c) Mental Health and Psychosocial Support/ Community Based Sociotherapy

Starting from August 2024, with the support of UNHCR and MINEMA, Prison Fellowship Rwanda is expanding its Mental Health and Psychosocial support Services, plus protection and inclusion of Persons with Specific Needs in all refugee camps, Urban Settings and Emergency Transit Mechanism (ETM) Gashora.

With that regards, the organisation is hiring qualified and experienced psychologists, who will be responsible for providing psychosocial support services to the persons we serve in need of MHPSS services and supporting them to develop appropriate coping mechanisms.

Key responsibilities of the Psychologist:

ASSESSMENT AND DIGNOSIS

• Use standardized psychological assessment tests and techniques to perform comprehensive psychological assessments of refugees to understand their mental health status, including trauma, stress, anxiety, depression, and other psychological conditions.
• To assess and address the mental health needs of refugees through culturally sensitive and evidence-based approaches

Program Development and Implementation Responsibilities

• Facilitate group therapy sessions to provide peer support and collective healing.
• To provide clinical and psychosocial support to refugeesand asylum seekers, including group and individual Therapy based on the needs assessment, taking into account the confidentiality and safety of the beneficiaries’ data.
• To support the development and implementation of mental health interventions and programs tailored to the needs of the refugee population.
• Offer immediate psychological support during emergencies and acute distress situations.
• Contribute to planning and preparation of the project activities, tools and other related activities such as: surveys, community awareness campaigns, home visits etc
• Ensure proper documentation of the project achievements and regularly update the beneficiaries’ database.
• Ensure regular reporting of the project achievements and contribute to both internal and external reporting as requested by the field coordinator
• Collaborate with the project team to design and adapt mental health programs and activities.
• Ensure that interventions are culturally appropriate and sensitive to the needs of the refugee population.
• Ensure all MHPSS activities adhere to ethical guidelines and principles, including confidentiality and informed consent.
• Integrate cultural, religious, and social norms into MHPSS interventions to ensure they are respectful and effective.

Administrative Responsibilities

• Engage and Coordinate project community mobilizers
• Represent the organization where requested in coordination meetings and other relevant events organized by UNHCR, MINEMA and other UNHCR partners.
• Maintain good collaboration with MINEMA, UNHCR and various operational partners
• Collect the monthly reports of the community mobilizers, take them to field coordinator for approval and submit them to Project Coordinator on the last day of every month to allow payment initiation of their monthly incentives
• Ensure PFR visibility in different zone of intervention

Capacity Building responsibilities

• Contribute to the capacity building of the project volunteers and ensure they comply with the code of conduct and institutional policies, the mindset and expected individual and collective behavior;
• Organize quarterly inter-vision of community based group facilitators.
• To train community-healing group facilitators.

Monitoring and reporting responsibilities

• Regular monitoring of sociotherapy groups.
• Organize together with camp leaders, community events/conviviality meetings of community-based sociotherapy graduates.
• Detailed assessment reports and intervention plans for individual cases.
• Prepare and submit regular reports on progress, challenges, and outcomes to project managers.
• Contribute to project monitoring, specifically activity progress indicators and the expected outcomes.
• Contribute to project evaluations at the request of the field coordinator, and ensure that project evaluation recommendations are followed.
• Identify, document and share the project achievements, success stories, testimonies and lessons learned from the project interventions
• Ensure proper utilization of the existing data collection and management tools
• To monitor and evaluate community-healing spaces using standardized assessment tools.

Qualification and competences

• A Bachelor degree in Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Social Work, Public Health, or other related field from a recognized University, having a Masters Degree is an added value.
• Minimum experience of at least 3 years working as a clinical Psychologist in humanitarian context preferably in refugee camps, Proven record in conducting clinical supervision, individual and group therapy sessions
• Verified move towards professional development by number of other related professional courses attended such as: psychological assessment, Psychological first aid, clinical supervision Etc,
• Good experience working with most vulnerable groups such as: elderly people and persons with mental health and psychosocial issues.
• Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team;
• Good capacity to conduct psychological assessment using standardized psychological assessment tests, organize individual and group therapy sessions
• Unquestionable capacity to deliver psychosocial support services using a community-based approach
• Ability to write comprehensive activity reports
• Knowing how to position oneself so things can move forward;
• Knowing how to simplify and prioritize;
• Good capacity to organize and conduct trainings and community awareness raising campaigns;
• Commendable organizational and planning skills;
• Ability to set objectives, prioritise his/her workload and other resources.

HOW TO APPLY.

To apply for this position, please send your motivation letter, CV, Degree, ID/passport and other certificates, two recommendation letters from your previous employer plus a church recommendation to: recruitment@pfrwanda.org and mention the title of the position “Psychologist” in the subject line of the email.

The application should be addressed to the Executive Director of Prison Fellowship Rwanda and the document should be in one PDF format.

Apply before 20th August 2024 at 5:00pm.Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. For more information about Prison Fellowship Rwanda, visit:www.pfrwanda.org 

“Prison Fellowship Rwanda has a zero tolerance to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse of beneficiaries. Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) is everyone’s responsibility”.